Marci Gore

Robin Broome’s daughter, Amanda, will finish up her high school curriculum later this year and head off to Northeast State Community College in the fall.

Because Broome home-schooled her daughter, the two have spent a great deal of time together at their home in Fall Branch.

But as she comes to terms with the fact that her youngest child will be a college freshman in the fall, Broome says she’s aware that the time has come to let her go.

“Letting go has been a process. Amanda’s got an older brother. So she’s my last one and that makes it a little scary. Life for me completely changes. I guess it’ll bring about the empty nest syndrome. My husband says I’ve been more clingy with Amanda than [our son Jonathan],” Broome said.

Part of the letting go process for Broome has been to allow Amanda to fill out her own college applications and research available scholarships.

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